Episode Details

Fernanda Schiffer is a licensed mental health counselor and founder of Sky Counseling. She specializes in relationships — helping individuals and couples navigate betrayal, trauma, anxious attachment, intimacy challenges, and the patterns that keep them stuck.

Through her work, she helps people build healthier connections and create the relationships they genuinely want to be in.

In this practical and insightful conversation, Fernanda shares:

• ​ Growing up between Brazil and the U.S. and early influences on love
• ​ What she wishes someone had told her about love and dating at 25
• ​ Why “unconditional love” outside parent-child relationships is a myth
• ​ How working in addiction led her to specialize in betrayal and trust
• ​ What anxious attachment really means and how it shows up
• ​ Practical steps to break the anxious attachment cycle

If you’re in your 20s struggling with relationship patterns, anxious attachment, trust issues, or simply wanting healthier love, this episode offers clear, compassionate guidance.

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Connect with Fernanda Schiffer

Website:https://www.skyycounseling.com/

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Chapters

0:00 - Intro & Welcome Fernanda

1:40 - Growing Up & Early Influences on Love

8:15 - What She Wishes She Knew About Love at 25

15:30 - Why There’s No Unconditional Love in Partnerships

23:10 - Specializing in Betrayal, Trauma & Relationships

31:45 - Why People Suffer in Silence

40:20 - What Anxious Attachment Really Means

48:50 - Breaking the Anxious Attachment Cycle

57:15 - Final Advice on Building Healthier Connections